Richard Thornton

$179,839.24asSergeant

Employed by City Of Toronto – Police Service in 2025, according to Government of Ontario public salary records.

Salary Information

Historical salary and taxable benefits from 2019 to 2025.

YearPositionSalaryBenefitsPerformance
2025
Sergeant
$179,839.24
$1,091.01
3.88%
2024
Sergeant
$173,116.02
$1,101.26
10.66%
2023
Sergeant
$156,446.49
$1,159.53
1.17%
2022
Sergeant
$154,635.70
$1,130.92
2.73%
2021
Sergeant
$158,968.42
$1,100.72
15.44%
2020
Sergeant
$137,704.07
$1,089.50
5.41%
2019
Sergeant
$145,573.47
$1,078.86

Richard Thornton earned $179,839.24 as Sergeant at City Of Toronto – Police Service in 2025, according to the Ontario Sunshine List. This represents a 3.88% increase over the previous year's reported salary. Richard Thornton has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times between 2019 and 2025, with reported earnings peaking at $179,839.24 in 2025. In addition to salary, $1,091.01 in taxable benefits was disclosed for 2025. City Of Toronto – Police Service reports under the Municipalities & Services sector of Ontario's public sector salary disclosure.

Top earning Sergeants in City Of Toronto – Police Service

NameSalary
Brett Moore$371,957.53
Chung Wong$363,100.72
Blain Young$357,087.66
Judy Grant$340,523.15
Roger Marchack$316,719.44
Mehrdad Sayedzadeh$315,583.60
Chu Chang$313,865.44
Qianliang Yang$295,730.22
Ned Durran$285,270.15
Ladislav Csibi$285,092.57

Top earning Sergeants in Ontario

NameSalary
Regional Municipality Of Peel Police Services
$329,921.34
Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. Police
$313,040.41
Regional Municipality Of Waterloo – Police
$295,670.82
Nishnawbe Aski Police Services
$277,765.21
City Of Thunder Bay
$277,681.57
Nishnawbe Aski Police Services
$273,183.96
Nishnawbe Aski Police Services
$271,020.64
Nishnawbe Aski Police Services
$264,107.65
Nishnawbe Aski Police Services
$261,148.24
Regional Municipality Of Peel Police Services
$259,425.68
NameSalary
Jeffrey Harding
Plainclothes Police Constable
$179,991.80
Michael Fernandes
Police Constable
$179,905.81
Elana Schachter-Snipper
Manager, Wellness – Medical Advisory
$179,872.13
Melissa Misiuda
Detective
$179,860.44
Cornelius Peters
Police Constable
$179,844.73
Paul Moreau
Detective
$179,827.31
Jonathan Schumacher
Detective
$179,823.86
Maria Dafoska
Detective
$179,783.18
Shane Cavalieri
Plainclothes Police Constable
$179,721.06
Randall Lee
Staff Sergeant
$179,715.47